Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-09-30

THE DRINKQUEsTIoN IN ENGLAND,
a Eevicw - Convivlal Customs in Early
tho sale OF Alcoholic Ncvcrnrcs W"

| shc ohte VI <AicOnOltC Hcvcruwez
An English exchange remurks that tho
drink question has been diillo DR. .b.
the present day. W
| Tue earlier pages OF our annals record
That the Br.tons werJ frugal In thvlr
meals, VIII ch consisted ch . " of mill,
anu voaison. Their ordinary beverage
was w ter. They occasionally lndu,red
In u .erm ntcd drink mado from bariu
honey or apples. and free ,lso of IL
never failcu To make thcm ill.na, ,ur d
q d rcn,y 10 quarre,.
During the komun rulo In this ,untry
wih, and other intoxioiiing drn q wero
ireei' cons moi. The bush. which wns
lor ages tho sign of IN inn, Is trnceI 10
| tho hotnnn5, AMI to them nls) wo q Al,
the national custom Of tousting or health
urin 1iug.
The Saxon poriod was ono In which In.
10 II erInco =. evailed to n fearful 'exlout.
1t Is s;atud on reliable authority mt
oven tho clergy spent days and nlxhts In
urnnko,ncs and debauchery.
King Edgar must be roiited with do
ins noble work In tho ie,orma,i, IN ur
hi' o. un rymeu from tho banuiui Objects
OF str 'ng drink. IL Is remu, ke,l by Tho
IL V. Dr. trunch that tho King nearly
Anticipated by n thousand years tho 10 :
isiat'on p oposol By tho United Kin :
dom Alliance. Acting on the advice OF
DLnstan, says Strut, Tho put down
m'-hy o houses, suffering on ono to
OK ST IN villa y or s,,iull t..wn; and IA,
also firthor ordained tha. pits or nulls
should DO fastened Into drinking eu q
or hor..B ut stated distancAa, so IN.
whoever should drink beyond these
marks Mt ono drnught should be llablo @
severe punishment"
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Gus III oatcslng intemperuilcu In tho
churcn. Wu mako i fcw extracts as fol-
lows IRON II code drawn up uy him:
Let no thinking DO allowed In tho
church.
Let men DO very temperate Mt church
walks and pray earnestly. and suiYrr
there no Dir nking or uncIcan.iLo,,.
Let priests beware OF drunkenno, a
and 10 diliGont In wurnlng and correct.
others IN this matter.
Lot no riest bc nn ale scop nor IN
atty wiso act tho gleemun."
Tho Dane, drank 10 great excess.
and dur ng the tito their kings ocuIpi Il
tho throne OF England drunk rnno 81 rua.
Il blight over tho land.
Tho Norman conquest brought pbout
many Important changes In social liE,.
hotricty was rot tho .eust.or tho virtue
OF tho Normnns.
m.ng down to Tudor times, wo Cnl
mn almo tsim;lar statute passed. t. tho
etring :nt regulation, Of Edgar. In tho
last y'nr Of tho roign OF Edward VI It
WAS chncted tina: "non0 sLnll keep n
tavern for retailing wines unl,s. H.
oehset; and that only In cities, towns
cor, ola.e bnrgs. post towns or muriot
towns or In tho towns uf Giavusonl,
s ttln ,bou no. Tuxfor,l ard La sshot. on,
tho forfeiture OF ten pounds. And tho O
shall DO only tavcrns for retailing wine
IN every city or town cxcops yundon,
which may have forty tnyorns in York.
eight tavcrns In Norwich four; in Wosl-
'hiinstcr. thrcs; In Bristol. six; in Lin
coin, three; In Hull, four; III t;hrews-
bury, thruo; In 0loucU,tor, four; In
Weslchc>ter (Chestcr). four; IN lIore-
lord' th:on; IN Southampton. threo; In
Canterbury. four; IN Ipswich. throe; In
Winchester. three; In Oxford, threo; In
Cambrl Se, four; In Colchestcr. three,
but on tho cvonlng aftor q religious foast
inc common people usually ongago In IL
glorious car0usal.
The veStlbulo. OF tho tenement houses
and the pitols or co.irts which invnrl-
ably furnish n cool lcnllng-plnce hi tho
centre OF each. arc commonly pnved with
the knuckle-bono' OF sheep, arranged In
fantastic designs like IN salc work
They always ntiiact tho attention OF
strangors, aud IL is II sth ding Joke to-
till tho tender foot that they nru
tho knucklc bones OF human io!ngs
killol during tho many royolu ions.
Tho ladies' OF Uruguay nro cons dored
10 ian: next to their sisters OF .ru In
beauty, aud there Is Something about
tho atmosphere which gives tn ir oom-
plcxion n urliy and clcurncss tn t nro
not clson hrro found.
But when they rcnch maturity. like all
Spanish l'dies, they lose their grace aud
symmetry OF form aud bocomo very
stout This Is undoubtedly owing In 4
great degree 10 their lack OF exercise,
Tor troy mover walk, but spend their on
tire lives ili IL carriage or rocliing-rlloir.
-lChlclgo Inter Ocean.
":si.nII The People sing?"
ihis question is PIT with force l., tho
July isaic OF :hc Catholic Iio,ld, By tbs
Rev. Wired Young, paulist :a.h,- of
New York City.
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